Comments on Help!TypePad2009-06-18T16:37:25ZMike Duffyhttp://blog.winerywebsitereport.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:http://blog.winerywebsitereport.com/2009/06/help/comments/atom.xml/Fabius commented on 'Help!'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341e5ea453ef0115713dd08e970b2009-06-22T08:26:01Z2009-06-22T08:26:01ZFabiusSorry for the double post, but I've just thought of something: how about a comparative study and analysis of top-level...<p>Sorry for the double post, but I&#39;ve just thought of something: how about a comparative study and analysis of top-level menus for winery websites?</p>Fabius commented on 'Help!'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341e5ea453ef011570489f0a970c2009-06-22T08:18:48Z2009-06-22T08:18:49ZFabiusJust to say that I also check out this blog every day, as it's full of interesting and useful content....<p>Just to say that I also check out this blog every day, as it&#39;s full of interesting and useful content. <br />
Don&#39;t worry about running dry. We all go through that kind of patch - just take some time out and do something completely different - do not even think about wine or webpages for a while!<br />
Looking forward to reading you again, when you&#39;re ready!</p>Mike Duffy commented on 'Help!'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341e5ea453ef011571306625970b2009-06-19T21:56:54Z2009-06-19T21:56:54ZMike Duffyhttp://blog.winerywebsitereport.com/@Jon: Wow! That's quite a list, and I thank you for it. I'll try tackling it in future posts.<p>@Jon: Wow! That&#39;s quite a list, and I thank you for it. I&#39;ll try tackling it in future posts.</p>Jon Bjork commented on 'Help!'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341e5ea453ef0115703afbbc970c2009-06-19T20:52:22Z2009-06-19T20:52:22ZJon Bjorkhttp://www.panthos.comIf you haven't covered e-commerce lately, that may be interesting. For example, which shopping carts work better for selling wine...<p>If you haven&#39;t covered e-commerce lately, that may be interesting. For example, which shopping carts work better for selling wine on-line? Some wineries sell only a couple of bottles at a time, while others sell wine and all kinds of POS items.</p>
<p>How about an overview of e-commerce providers, such as Inertia or others?</p>
<p>What can be done to make a shopping cart or provider look like they are part of the original site? Or does it really matter?</p>
<p>How about showing shipping charges to customers? What is the best practice for giving someone an idea of a shipping charge, especially when the charge may be close to the price of a single bottle being ordered?</p>
<p>How about free shipping on wine ideas? What works and what is legal? (I know &quot;free shipping&quot; isn&#39;t allowed, but &quot;shipping included&quot; seems to be OK, though it is really just symantics.)</p>
<p>How about what a winery should consider when going about setting up a new Web site? Can they just establish a blog (as you covered recently)? Can they use one of many template-driven on-line applications as provided by hosting companies or through Apple or Microsoft? What do you look for in a designer? (I know there are Web programmers that can&#39;t really design and there are Web designers that can&#39;t really program, but I&#39;d rather have the latter.) What is best practice now, CSS-driven with DIVs, Flash-only, html tables, some hybrid?</p>
<p>Anyway, sorry for the huge brain-dump, but you&#39;ve got a good thing going here with this Web site! Thanks!</p>Mike Duffy commented on 'Help!'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341e5ea453ef0115712c1d4e970b2009-06-19T03:06:41Z2009-06-19T03:06:41ZMike Duffyhttp://blog.winerywebsitereport.com/You can see *all* the blogs I subscribe to at http://www.bloglines.com/public/mikeduffy/ The winery-related and winery blogs are probably most interesting...<p>You can see *all* the blogs I subscribe to at</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.bloglines.com/public/mikeduffy/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloglines.com/public/mikeduffy/</a></p>
<p>The winery-related and winery blogs are probably most interesting to you (scroll down the alphabetical list to see these two groups).</p>Virginia Reuter commented on 'Help!'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341e5ea453ef01157036b5fa970c2009-06-19T02:39:08Z2009-06-19T02:39:08ZVirginia Reuterhttp://www.ardentio.comThis is a really valuable blog--it's one of the few I visit every day. However, I've just discovered you in...<p>This is a really valuable blog--it&#39;s one of the few I visit every day. However, I&#39;ve just discovered you in the last few weeks, so if my suggestions have already been covered, please just point me in that direction.</p>
<p>That would be an interesting post: what blogs do you visit daily?</p>
<p>I&#39;ve been looking for some good ROI information for social network marketing for wineries. I&#39;ve found some very interesting studies--Xerox has one that shows some very nice upsell figures--but nothing definitive. I&#39;d be most grateful for direction on this. Thanks!</p>